In the heart of Edinburgh, a killer leaves a trail of secrets carved in bloodAs the leader of the Serious Crime Unit, DCI ‘Mac’ McNeill is no stranger to the city's darkest secrets. But when a body marked with Celtic symbols is discovered in a run-down tower block, the case challenges even his seasoned instincts.

Since its initial publication eighty years ago, How to Win Friends & Influence People has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. In his book, Carnegie explains that success comes from the ability to communicate effectively with others. He provides relatable analogies and examples, and teaches you skills to make people want to be in your company, see things your way, and feel wonderful about it. For more than eighty years his advice has helped thousands of successful people in their busin...

A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast-now a streaming television series-including "They Made a Tonic," "Passed Notes," and "Unboxed," as well as rare material.

They live in shadows-deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They're spoken of in stories and superstitions, relics of an unenlightened age, old wives' tales, passed down through generations....

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would r...

Motherland meets Midsomer Murders in this fresh and funny mystery about a group of soon-to-be mums who turn detective when there's a murder at their antenatal class.

Kunsthistorisch wetenschapper, Emile van Straten, gaat in opdracht van de Russische president op zoek naar negen verloren Fabergé-eieren. Hij vindt er één, maar het blijkt een duplicaat te zijn. Als gevolg daarvan gaat de reputatie van Emile van Straten aan diggelen. Het brengt hem aan de rand van de financiële afgrond. Dan vindt hij een spoor dat leidt naar de acht overige fabuleuze en zeer waardevolle kunstwerken. Wanhopig bijt hij zich vast in de wetenschappelijke aanwijzingen en zoekt...